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2024 Season

  • Main Series
    • HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH – by John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask
      * Orange Curtain Review Award – Best Makeup (Kate Galleran)
      * 2 Orange Curtain Review Award nominations – Best Makeup (Kate Galleran) and Best Live Band (Lex Leigh)
    • TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS – by Cheryl Strayed, Nia Vardalos, Marshall Heyman, and Thomas Kail
      * Orange County premiere
      * OCTG Recommended
    • ALMA – by Benjamin Benne
      * Orange County premiere
      * Orange Curtain Review Award – Best Writing (Benjamin Benne)
      * 2 Orange Curtain Review Award nominations – Best Actress (Marta Portillo) and Best Writing (Benjamin Benne)
      * OCTG Recommended
    • SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – by Hugh Wheeler, Stephen Sondheim, and Christopher Bond
      * 3 Orange Curtain Review Awards – Best Musical, Best Choreography (Mo Goodfellow), and Best Actress in a Musical (Jocelyn A. Brown)
      * 12 Orange Curtain Review Award nominations – Best Costumes (Gwen Sloan), Best Set (Fred Kinney & Mio Okada), Best Musical, Best Makeup (Gwen Sloan), Best Show, Best Actor in a Musical (Winston Peacock), Best Actor in a Musical (Justin Ryan), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Adam Leiva), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Laura M. Hathaway), Best Director (James Michael McHale), Best Choreography (Mo Goodfellow), and Best Actress in a Musical (Jocelyn A. Brown)
    • GLORIA – by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
      * Orange County premiere
  • TYA Family Series
    • FANCY NANCY, THE MUSICAL — book and lyrics by Susan DiLallo, music and lyrics by Danny Abosch
      * 7th Remounted Production
  • OTR Reading Series

2023 Season

  • Main Series
    • RIDE THE CYCLONE – by Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell
      * 4 OCTG Theatre Awards – Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Em Flosi), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Wyatt Hatfield), Outstanding Scenic Design (Antonio Beach & Bradley Kaye), and Outstanding Projection and Video Design (Nick Santiago)
      * California Premiere
      * 2 LADCC Award nominations – Ensemble (Jaylen Baham, Em Flosi, Rob Foran, Wyatt Hatfield, Jared Machado, Rose Pell, and Haley Wolff) and Costume Design (Bradley Allen Lock)
      * 15 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Jocelyn A. Brown), Outstanding Music Direction (Lex Leigh), Outstanding Choreography (Miguel Cardenas), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Em Flosi, Haley Wolff, Jared Machado, Rose Pell, Wyatt Hatfield), Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical, Outstanding Scenic Design (Antonio Beach & Bradley Kaye), Outstanding Costume Design (Bradley Allen Lock), Outstanding Lighting Design (Masako Tobaru), Outstanding Sound Design (Rebecca Kessin), and Outstanding Projection and Video Design (Nick Santiago)
      * OCTG Recommended
    • COLONIALISM IS TERRIBLE, BUT PHỞ IS DELICIOUS – by Dustin H. Chinn
      * Rolling World Premiere
      * OCTG Theatre Award nomination – Outstanding New Work (Dustin H. Chinn)
    • MATINICUS: THE STORY OF ABIGAIL BURGESS – by Jenny Connell Davis
      * OCTG Theatre Award – Outstanding New Play (Jenny Connell Davis)
      * World Premiere
      * 6 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Direction of a Play (Katie Chidester), Outstanding Lead Performance in Play (Aubrey Saverino), Outstanding Lighting Design (Cris Quick), Outstanding Sound Design (Oscar Garcia), Outstanding New Play (Jenny Connell Davis)
      * OCTG Recommended
    • RENT – by Jonathan Larson
    • THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME – a play by Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon
      * 4 OCTG Theatre Awards – Outstanding Direction of a Play (Darryl B. Hovis), Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Aaron Lipp), Outstanding Lighting Design (Andrea Heilman), and Outstanding Sound Design (Darryl B. Hovis)
      * 9 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Direction of a Play (Darryl B. Hovis), Outstanding Lead Performance in Play (Aaron Lipp), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play (Jared Machado), Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, Outstanding Lighting Design (Andrea Heilman), Outstanding Sound Design (Darryl B. Hovis), Outstanding Projection and Video Design (Nick Santiago), Notable Outstanding Achievement (Jared Machado – Fight Direction)
      * Orange Curtain Review Award – Best Sound Design (Darryl B. Hovis)
      * 4 Orange Curtain Review Award nominations – Best Young Actor (Aaron Lipp), Best Featured Actress (Holly Jeanne), Best Lighting (Andrea Heilman), and Best Sound Design (Darryl B. Hovis)
  • TYA Family Series
    • FANCY NANCY, THE MUSICAL — book and lyrics by Susan DiLallo, music and lyrics by Danny Abosch
      * 6th Remounted Production
  • OTR Reading Series
  • Holiday Series
    • THE SECRET GARDEN, THE MUSICAL — book & lyrics by Marsha Norman, music by Lucy Simon
      * OCTG Theatre Award nomination – Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Sarah Pierce)
      * Orange Curtain Review Award – Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Sarah Pierce)
      * Orange Curtain Review Award nomination – Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Sarah Pierce)
    • FANCY NANCY: SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS — book by Cara Lustik & Matthew Hardy, lyrics by Matthew Hardy, music by Randy Klein
      * 2nd Remounted Production

2022 Season

  • Main Series
    • NEXT TO NORMAL – by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt
      * 4 OCTG Theatre Awards – Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Jocelyn A. Brown), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Ron Hastings), and Outstanding Lighting Design (Matt Schleicher)
      * 9 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Matthew McCray), Outstanding Music Direction (Stephen Hulsey), Outstanding Ensemble (Jocelyn A. Brown, Tym Brown, Jaylen Baham, Angie Chavez, Ron Hastings, and Jared Machado), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Tym Brown), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Jaylen Baham), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Angie Chavez), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Jared Machado), Outstanding Scenic Design (Joe Holbrook), and Outstanding Sound Design (Ryan Brodkin)
      * OCTG Recommended
    • CRY IT OUT – by Molly Smith Metzler
      * Orange County premiere
      * 4 OCTG Theatre Awards – Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Direction of a Play (Elina de Santos), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play (Amanda Zarr), and Outstanding Costume Design (Adrianna Lámbarri)
      * 3 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play (Aubrey Saverino), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play (Angel Dumapias), and Outstanding Lighting Design (Soran Schwartz)
      * OCTG Recommended
    • GREEN DAY’S AMERICAN IDIOT – by Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Michael Mayer
      * Regional premiere
      * 6 OCTG Theatre Awards – Outstanding Direction of a Musical (James Michael McHale), Outstanding Choreography (Miguel Cardenas), Outstanding Ensemble (Jared Machado, Eric Dobson, Christopher Diem, Erika Mireya Cruz, Angie Chavez, Dagmar Marshall-Michelson, Kristin O’Connell, Jack Aitken, Sophia Barajas, Wyatt Hatfield), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Dagmar Marshall-Michelson), Outstanding Sound Design (Hunter Moody), and Outstanding Projection Design (Nick Santiago)
      * 9 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Music Direction (Gabrielle Maldonado), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Christopher Diem), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Eric Dobson), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Jared Machado), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Sophia Barajas), Outstanding Scenic Design (Kristin Campbell), Outstanding Costume Design (Bradley Allen Lock), and Outstanding Lighting Design (Andrea Heilman)
      * WINNER of Stage Raw “I’m Still Here” Award – Video/Projection Design (Nick Santiago)
      * OCTG Recommended
    • THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY – by Kristoffer Diaz
      * Orange County premiere
      * 6 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Ensemble (Rudy Solis III, Londale Theus Jr., James Michael McHale, RJ Navarra Balde II, Aaron McGee, Matt Takahashi), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play (Rudy Solis III), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play (Londale Theus Jr.), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play (RJ Navarra Balde II), Outstanding Sound Design (Marc Antonio Pritchett), and Outstanding Notable Achievement (Martin Noyes, Fight Direction)
      * OCTG Recommended
  • TYA Family Series
    • FANCY NANCY, THE MUSICAL — book and lyrics by Susan DiLallo, music and lyrics by Danny Abosch
      * 5th Remounted Production
  • OTR Reading Series
  • Holiday Series
    • LITTLE WOMEN – THE BROADWAY MUSICAL — book by Joseph Robinette, music and lyrics by Evelyn D. Swensson
      * 6 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Casey Long), Outstanding Music Direction (Gabrielle Maldonado), Outstanding Ensemble (Sarah Pierce, Katherine Chatman, Emily Abeles, Camie Del Rosario, Maggie Randolph, Zac Swan Van Lent, Tucker Boyes, Jennifer Sparks, Glenn Koppel, and Christopher Diem), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Sarah Pierce), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Emily Abeles)
    • FANCY NANCY: SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS — book by Cara Lustik & Matthew Hardy, lyrics by Matthew Hardy, music by Randy Klein
      * Southern California premiere

2021 Season

  • Main Series
    • THE STORY OF MY LIFE — by Neil Bartram & Brian Hill
      * Orange County premiere
    • SWEAT — by Lynn Nottage
      * Orange County premiere
    • EDGES — by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
      * Orange County premiere
      * 6 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Musical (James Michael McHale), Outstanding Music Direction (Robyn Manion), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Elizabeth Curtin), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Sarah Pierce), and Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Tyler Marshall)
    • YELLOWMAN — by Dael Orlandersmith
      * Orange County premiere
      * 2 OCTG Theatre Awards – Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play (Julanne Chidi Hill), Outstanding Lighting Design (Andrea Heilman)
      * 5 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Direction of a Play (Khanisha Foster), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play (Dante Alexander), Outstanding Set Design (Kristin Campbell), and Outstanding Sound Design (Darryl B. Hovis)
      * OCTG Recommended 
  • Holiday Series
    • STRIKING 12 — by Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and Rachel Sheinkin
      * 2 OCTG Theatre Awards – Outstanding Music Direction (Lex Leigh), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Laura Leo Kelly)
      * 8 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Kari Hayter), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Jacklyn Uweh), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Allen Everman), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Jennifer Richardson), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Lex Leigh), Outstanding Lighting Design (Masako Tobaru), and Outstanding Costume Design (Jojo Siu)
      * OCTG Recommended
    • A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS — by Charles M. Schulze, based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, stage adaptation by Eric Schaeffer, by special arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson

2020 Season

  • Main Series
    • FUN HOME — by Lisa Kron and Jeannine Tesori, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
      * Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice
      * Ovation Award Winner: Best Musical – Intimate Theatre, 4 additional Ovation Award nominations: Direction of a Musical (Marya Mazor), Lead Actor in a Musical (Ron Hastings), Featured Actress in a Musical (Holly Reichert), and Featured Actress in a Musical (Madelyn Velazquez-Heywood)
      * 4 OCTG Theatre Awards – Oustanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Marya Mazor), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Ron Hastings), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Madelyn Velazquez-Heywood)
      * 7 OCTG Theatre Award nominations – Outstanding Music Direction (Lex Leigh), Outstanding Choreography (Hazel Clarke), Outstanding Ensemble (Ashlee Espinosa, Madelyn Velazquez-Heywood, Holly Reichert, Ron Hastings, Jennifer Richardson, Reese Hewitt, Allie Patow, Matt Bolden, and Ketino Christopher), Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical (Ashlee Espinosa), Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical (Holly Reichert), Outstanding Lighting Design (Andrea Heilman), and Outstanding Sound Design (Ryan Brodkin)
      * Ovation Recommended
      * OCTG Recommended
  • TYA Family Series
    • A WRINKLE IN TIME — adapted by John Glore, based on the novel by Madeleine L’Engle
  • OTR Reading Series
    • 100 HEARTBREAKS (staged reading) – by 2018 Resident Playwright Joanna Garner

2019 Season

  • Main Series
    • LIZZIE, THE MUSICAL — by Steven Cheslik deMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt, and Tim Maner
      * Regional premiere
      * Ovation Award Winner: Best Musical (Intimate Theatre), 4 additional Ovation Award nominations: Direction of a Musical (Jocelyn A. Brown), Lead Actress in a Musical (Monika Peña), Costume Design – Intimate Theatre (Rachael Lorenzetti), and Acting Ensemble of a Musical
      * Ovation Recommended
      * Times OC Best of 2019 – Best Actor Runner Up: Monika Peña (Lizzie Borden)
      * OC Weekly Best of OC 2019 – Best Musical Production
    • SKYLIGHT — by David Hare
      * Orange Curtain Review Best of 2019 – #1 Show of the Year
      * Orange Curtain Review Best of 2019 – Best Actress: Jessica Erin Martin (Kyra)
      * Orange Curtain Review Best of 2019 – Best Director: Oanh Nguyen
      * Times OC Best of 2019 – Best Actor: Jessica Erin Martin (Kyra)
      * LA Theatre Bites Best of 2019 – Best Actress Runner Up: Jessica Erin Martin (Kyra)
      * LA Theatre Bites Best of 2019 – Top 5 Shows
    • TIGERS BE STILL — by Kim Rosenstock
      * Regional premiere
      * Times OC Best of 2019 – Best Actor: Piper Power (Sherry), Best Production Runner-Up
    • RAGTIME — book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, based on the novel “Ragtime” by E.L. Doctorow
      * Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice
      * Times OC Best of 2019 – Best Production, Best Actor Runner-Up Dony Wright (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.)
      * LA Observed Best of 2019
      * Better Lemons Critics’ Choice Award, Best of 2019
    • THE VANDAL — by Hamish Linklater
      * West Coast premiere
      * Robby Award nominations – Best Lead Actress in a Drama (Amanda Zarr), Best Lead Actor in a Drama (Sam Bullington), Best Supporting Actor in a Drama (Robert Foran)
      * Better Lemons’ Critics Choice Award, Best of 2019
  • Holiday Series
    • ANNE OF GREEN GABLES — book by Joseph Robinette, music and lyrics by Evelyn D. Swensson
    • A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS — by Charles M. Schulze, based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, stage adaptation by Eric Schaeffer, by special arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson

2018 Season

  • Main Series
    • VIOLET — book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, music by Jeanine Tesori
      * Regional premiere of revised version
      * Ovation Recommended
      * Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice
      * Ovation Award nominations – Featured Actress in a Musical (Rebeka Hoblik)
    • GOOD PEOPLE — by David Lindsay-Abaire
      * Orange County Premiere
      * Ovation Recommended
      * JordanRYoung.com´s Best of 2018 – Best Production
    • ELEVADA — by Sheila Callaghan
      * West Coast Premiere
      * JordanRYoung.com´s Best of 2018 – Best Production
    • BIG FISH — book by John August, music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa, based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the Columbia motion picture written by John August
      *Best Performance by Jeff Lowe – The Daily Pilot Best of 2018
      *Top 5 of 2018 – The Orange Curtain Review
      *Regional Premiere
    • THE OTHER PLACE — by Sharr White
      *Best Production – The Daily Pilot Best of 2018
      *Best Performance by Jacqueline Wright – The Daily Pilot Best of 2018
      * Orange County Premiere
      * OC Weekly’s Best of OC 2019 – Jacqueline Wright
  • OTR Reading Series
    • BEDLAM (staged reading) – by Zayd Dohrn
    • HYMON & PARFUNKEL (staged reading) – by Gregg Hammer & Louis Pardo
    • GUTTING (LAB workshop) — by 2018 Resident Playwright Joanna Garner
    • THE ORANGE GARDEN (staged reading) — by 2018 Resident Playwright Joanna Garner
    • MOMMIES ANONYMOUS (staged reading) — by Resident Artists Alex Bueno and Jennifer Ruckman
  • Holiday Series
    • EMMA, THE MUSICAL — book, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon
    • A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS — by Charles M. Schulze, based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, stage adaptation by Eric Schaeffer, by special arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson

2017 Season

  • Main Series
    • CLAUDIO QUEST — book, music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola and Marshall Pailet
      * West Coast premiere
      * Produced by special arrangement with Dori Berenstein and Ken Davenport
      * Ovation Award nominee for Best Lyrics & Composition (Drew Fornarola & Marshall Pailet)
    • MIDDLETOWN — by Will Eno
      * Southern Calilfornia premiere
    • PARADE — book by Alfred Uhry, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
      * Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice
      * 3 Ovation Award nominations: Best Musical – Intimate Theater, Direction of a Musical (Kari Hayter), Lead Performance in a Musical (Allen Everman)
      * Ovation Recommended
    • IN A WORD — by Lauren Yee
      * Southern California premiere
    • TRIBES — by Nina Raine
      * Orange County premiere

2016 Season

* Orange County Register’s Best of OC 2016 – Critic’s Choice for Live Theater
* OC Weekly’s Best of OC 2016 – Best Theater Programming

  • Main Series
    • DOGFIGHT — music and lyrics by Ben Pasek & Justin Paul, book by Peter Duchan
      * Los Angeles and Orange County premiere
    • THE BIG MEAL — by Dan LeFranc
      * Southern California premiere
    • A CHORUS LINE — book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban
      * Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice
      * OC Weekly’s Best of OC 2016 – Best Musical
      * OC Weekly’s Best of OC 2016 – Best Play
      * Ovation Award Nominee – Best Director (Oanh Nguyen)
    • SEMINAR — by Theresa Rebeck
      * Orange County Premiere
      * Orange County Register’s Top Ten Shows of 2016
  • OTR Reading Series
    • SCIENTIFIC METHOD (staged reading) — by 2016 Resident Playwright Jenny Connell Davis
      *World Premiere at Barrington Stage Co., Massachusetts,  November 2018
    • LA VIDA (staged singing) — by David Wendell Nelson
    • ALICE AND FRANK (LAB workshop) — by 2016 Resident Playwright Jenny Connell Davis
    • GASTON (staged reading) — by 2016 Resident Playwright Jenny Connell Davis
    • RARE BIRDS (LAB workshop) — by 2011 Resident Playwright Adam Szymkowicz
      *World Premiere at The Red Fern Theatre Company, NYC, March 2017
    • A NEW MUSIC PLAY (staged reading) — by 2015 Resident Playwright Lauren Yee

2015 Season

* Best Reviewed Season — Bitter Lemons Top Rated List

  • Main Series
    • LOCH NESS, A NEW MUSICAL — music and book by 2013 Resident Playwright Marshall Pailet, lyrics and book by A.D. Penedo
      * World Premiere, Best Reviewed Premiere Musical — Bitter Lemons Top Rated List
    • AFTER THE REVOLUTION — by Amy Herzog
      * Southern California Premiere
    • SAMSARA — by 2015 Resident Playwright Lauren Yee
       * West Coast Premiere
    • HAIRSPRAY — book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
      * WINNER of Sage Award for Best Choreography (Kelly Todd & Christopher M. Albrecht)
    • THE DRAGON PLAY — by Jenny Connell Davis
      * Southern California Premiere
    • A BRIGHT NEW BOISE — by Samuel Hunter
      * One of the 10 Best Production of 2015 — Orange County Register
  • OTR Reading Series
    • DEADLY (staged reading) — book and lyrics by Vanessa Stewart, additional lyrics by Guy Picot & Trey Perkins, music by Ryan Johnson
      *World Premiere at Sacred Fools Theater, CA, September 2019
    • MARY MARIE, A NEW MUSICAL (staged reading) — book and lyrics by Chana Wise, music by Carl Johnson
    • UNTITLED CHINESE PLAY (staged reading) — by 2015 Resident Playwright Lauren Yee
    • WHERE YOU CAN’T FOLLOW (LAB workshop) — by 2011 Resident Playwright Adam Szymkowicz
    • MUCKRAKERS (staged reading) — by 2012 Resident Playwright Zayd Dohrn

2014 Season 

  • Main Series
    • LYSISTRATA JONES — music by Lewis Flinn, lyrics by Douglas Carter Beane
      * West Coast Premiere, Ovation Award: Best Choreography (Kelly Todd), 2 additional Ovation Award nominations (Musical, Lighting Design — Matthew Schleicher), Best “Out of Town” productions — San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, Robby Award: Best Choreography (Kelly Todd), 5 additional Robby Award nominations (Musical, Director, Lead Actress – Devon Hadsell, Supporting Actress – Ashley Arlene Nelson, Lighting Design – Matthew Schleicher)
    • PASSION PLAY — by Sarah Ruhl
      * Orange County Premiere
    • IN THE HEIGHTS — music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by Quiara Alegria Hudes
      * Regional Premiere, Ovation Recommended, Best Supporting Actress (Candida Orosco) — LA/OC Examiner’s “Best of Orange County”
    • MAPLE AND VINE — by Jordan Harrison
      * Greater Los Angeles Area Premiere
  • OTR Reading Series
    • VERITE – written by Nick Jones, March 4, 2014
      *World Premiere at Lincoln Center Theater, New York, Jan 31, 2015
    • LOCH NESS — book & music by Marshall Pailet, book & lyrics by A.D. Penedo, May 13, 2014
      *World Premiere at Chance Theater, California, Jan. 30, 2015
    • AFTER ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS I DO — written by A. Rey Pamatmat, July 15, 2014
      *World Premiere at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Oct. 1, 2014
    • IMPORTANT HATS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY — written by Nick Jones, October 14, 2014
      *World Premiere at Studio 42, New York, Oct. 7, 2015
  • Holiday Series
    • SHE LOVES ME – book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
      * Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice, Best Revival, Best Ensemble — LA/OC Examiner’s “Best of Orange County”, Best Theater Shows of the Year (#3) — Orange Curtain Review
    • A CELTIC HOLIDAY WITH CRAIC IN THE STONE – book by Jocelyn A. Brown, Karen O’Hanlon and Jennifer Ruckman, music arrangements by Craic in the Stone, original music & lyrics by Jocelyn A. Brown and James McHale
      * Best Special Event — LA/OC Examiner’s “Best of Orange County”
    • THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES — by Jeff Goode
      * 11th Anniversary Production

2013 Season

  • Main Series
    • TRIASSIC PARQ – THE MUSICAL — book by Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz and Steve Wargo, music by Marshall Pailet
      * West Coast Premiere, 3 Ovation Awards: Production of a Musical- Intimate Theater, Music Direction (Taylor Stephenson), and Featured Actress in a Musical (Kellie Spill), 11 Ovation Nominations
    • PART 1: THE LARAMIE PROJECT — by Moises Kaufman and members of Tectonic Theater Project
      PART 2: THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER — by Moises Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris and Stephen Belber
      * Southern California Premiere of both shows playing in repertory,       Ovation Recommended
    • BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON — book by Alex Timbers, music and lyrics by Michael Friedman
      * Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice, Ovation Recommended
    • TIME STANDS STILL — by Donald Margulies
      * Orange County Premiere
  • OTR Reading Series
    • SCARY MUSICAL — book by Richard Hochberg, music and lyrics by Richard Hochberg and Michael Paternostro, May 14, 2013
      *World Premiere at The NoHo Arts Center, California, Sept. 12, 2014
    • SWING STATE: A MUSICAL FABLE — book & lyrics by Dana Yeaton, music by Andy Mitton, July 23, 2013
    • WHO’S YOUR BAGHDADDY, OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR — book & music by Marshall Pailet, book & lyrics by A.D. Penedo, August 6, 2013
      *World Premiere at Signature Theater, Virginia, May 18, 2015
    • LOCH NESS — book & music by Marshall Pailet, book & lyrics by A.D. Penedo, October 15, 2013
      *World Premiere at Chance Theater, California, Jan. 30, 2015
  • Off-Site Production

2012 Season

  • Main Series
    • ROOMS: A ROCK ROMANCE — music, book and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman, book by Miriam Gordon
      * West Coast Premiere, 2 Ovation Nominations, Ovation Recommended, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick 
    • REBORNING — by Zayd Dohrn
      * Southern California Premiere, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick 
    • WEST SIDE STORY — book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
      * LADCC Award: Fight Choreography (Kelly Todd & David McCormick), 1 LADCC Nomination, Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick
    • OVERLOOKED — by Brian Nelson
      * World Premiere, Back Stage West Rating: A+
  • OTR Reading Series
    • WHERE YOU CAN’T FOLLOW — written by Adam Szymkowicz, February 22, 2012
    • THE ORIGIN STORY OF MR. CLEAN — written by Zayd Dohrn, May 16, 2012
    • MAGIC FOREST FARM — written by Zayd Dohrn, July 25, 2012
      *World Premiere at Marin Theatre Company, California, Apr. 22, 2009
    • THE RISE AND FALL OF “TROPIC ANA” — written by Diana Montané, adaptation by Diana Burbano and Tom Shelton, October 10, 2012

2011 Season

  • Main Series
    • NERVE — by Adam Szymkowicz
      * West Coast Premiere, Best New Play: LA/OC Examiner, Best Actress (Jessie Withers): LA/OC Examiner
    • THE BOY IN THE BATHROOM — book & lyrics by Michael Lluberes, music & additional lyrics by Joe Maloney
      * World Premiere, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick
    • THE SUPERHEROINE MONOLOGUES — by John Kuntz and Rick Park
      * West Coast Premiere 
    • JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA — music by Richard Thomas, book & lyrics by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas
      * Southern California Premiere, Ovation Award: Production of a Musical – Intimate Theatre, LADCC Award: Music Direction (Mike Wilkins), 5 Garland Awards: Production, Musical Score (Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas), Direction (Trevor Biship), Music Direction (Mike Wilkins), Sound Design (Casey Long), 7 LADCC Nominations, 5 Ovation Award Nominations, Best Musical: San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, Best Production: LA STAGE, Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick, Ovation Recommended 
    • UP — by Bridget Carpenter
      * Southern California Premiere, 2011 Best Production: LA STAGE, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick
  • OTR Reading Series
    • PUSHKIN AT BOLDINO — written by Armina LaManna, February 23, 2011
    • HEARTS LIKE FISTS — written by Adam Szymkowicz, May 4, 2011
      *World Premiere at Theatre of NOTE, California, Aug. 3, 2011
    • THE ARTIST — written by Adam Szymkowicz, July 20, 2011
    • BACKYARD — written by Mickey Birnbaum, July 27, 2011
      *World Premiere at Atwater Village Theatre, California, May 31, 2014
  • Off-Site Production
    • THE WHO’S TOMMY — book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff, music and lyrics by Pete Townshend, additional music and lyrics by John Entwistle and Keith Moon
      @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts

2010 Season

  • Main Series
    • MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG — book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
      * 4 Garland Award Nominations, 4 StageSceneLA’s Best of 2010 Awards
    • WELCOME HOME, JENNY SUTTER — by Julie Marie Myatt
      * Southern California Premiere, Ovation Award Nomination, 3 StageSceneLA’s Best of 2010 Awards
    • THE WHO’S TOMMY — book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff, music and lyrics by Pete Townshend, additional music and lyrics by John Entwistle and Keith Moon
      * LADCC Award: Best Lighting (KC Wilkerson), LADCC Award: Best CGI/Video (KC Wilkerson), Ovation Award: Ovation Honors – Video Design (KC Wilkerson), Garland Award: Choreography (Allison Bibicoff), Garland Award: Lighting Design (KC Wilkerson), LADCC Award Nomination, 4 Ovation Award Nominations, 9 Garland Award Nominations, 9 StageSceneLA’s Best of 2010 Awards, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick, Ovation Recommended
    • EDWARD ALBEE’S “THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA?” — by Edward Albee
      * Orange County Premiere, 5 Garland Award Nominations,Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick
  • Off-Site Production
    • JESUS HATES ME — by Wayne Lemon
      * 2 Garland Award Nominations
      @ South Coast Repertory 

2009 Season

  • Main Series
    • JESUS HATES ME — by Wayne Lemon
      * West Coast Premiere, 4 Garland Award Nominations, 5 StageSceneLA’s Best of 2009 Awards
    • THE GIRL, THE GROUCH, AND THE GOAT — book by Jack Helbig, music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann
      * Professional Premiere, Part of the Festival of New American Musicals, 2 Garland Award Nominations, 1 StageSceneLA’s Best of 2009 Award
    • HAIR: THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL — book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermot
      * 6 LADCC Award Nominations, 5 Ovation Award Nominations, 8 Garland Award Nominations, 6 StageSceneLa’s Best of 2009 Awards
    • THE SEAGULL — by Anton Chekhov, adaptation by Richard Nelson
      * West Coast Premiere adaptation, 8 Garland Award Nominations

2008 Season

  • Main Series
    • ASSASSINS — music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman
      * 4 Garland Nominations
    • TALK ABOUT THE PASSION — by Graham Farrow
      * California Premiere, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick
    • THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X — by David Wechter & Bruce Kimmel
      * Orange County Premiere, Part of the Festival of New American Musicals, 4 Garland Award Nominations
    • RABBIT HOLE — by David Lindsay-Abaire
      * Orange County Premiere, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick, 4 Garland Award Nominations
    • EVITA — music by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice

2007 Season

2006 Season

2005 Season

  • Main Series
    • CLOSER THAN EVER — by Richard Maltby, Jr. & David Shire
      * L.A. Times Critic’s Choice
    • THE ROVER — by Aphra Behn, adapted by Josh Costello
      * World Premiere adaptation, 2 OC Weekly Theater Award Nominations
    • THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK — by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman
      * Back Stage West Critic’s Pick, OC Register’s Best of 2005: Noteworthy Ensemble
    • PORCELAIN — by Chay Yew
      * Orange County Premiere, GLAAD Media Award Nomination, Back Stage West Critic’s Pick, OC Register’s Best of 2005: Top Ten Shows (#4), OC Register’s Best of 2005: Noteworthy Performances (Nghia Luu), OC Register’s Best of 2005: Noteworthy Performances (Beach Vickers), 3 OC Weekly Theater Award Nominations 
    • FIG: R.O. (RETRO OPERA) — by Heather Howe, Robert G. Leigh and members of the Chance
      * World Premiere 
    • ONE FLEA SPARE — by Naomi Wallace
      * Back Stage West Critic’s Pick, OC Register’s Best of 2005: Top Ten Shows (#3), OC Register’s Best of 2005: Noteworthy Performances (Joshua Jones), 2 OC Weekly Theater Award Nominations 
    • CABARET — by John Kander & Fred Ebb
      * Back Stage West Critic’s Pick, 2 Garland Award Nominations
    • BIG LOVE — by Charles Mee
      * Orange County Premiere
    • THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND — by John Kander & Fred Ebb
    • THE LARAMIE PROJECT — by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project
      * OC Register’s Best of 2005: Noteworthy Ensembles
  • Holiday Series
    • A CHRISTMAS STORY — by Philip Grecian based on the screenplay by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clarke, and other short stories by Jean Shepherd
    • THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES — by Jeff Goode
      * OC Weekly Theater Award Winner: Best Ensemble, OC Weekly Theater Award Nomination 

2004 Season

2003 Season

2002 Season

  • Main Series
    • THE GONDOLIERS —  — by Gilbert & Sullivan
      * OC Register Best of 2002: Best Production (Honorable Mention)
    • BEETHOVEN: HEAVEN’S VOICE — by Ronald Russell
      * World Premiere
    • THREE DAYS OF RAIN — by Richard Greenburg
      * OC Register Best of 2002: Top Ten Best Productions, OC Register Best of 2002: Best Directors (Oanh Nguyen), OC Register Best of 2002: Best Performances (Joseph Horn)
    • DEAD WHITE MALES — by William Missouri Downs
      * West Coast Premiere
    • AS YOU LIKE IT — by William Shakespeare
      * OC Register’s Best of 2002: Best Performances (Ramlah Frediani), OC Register’s Best of 2002: Best Performances (Erika C. Miller), OC Register’s Best of 2002: Best Performances (Joseph Horn)
    • Damet Mamet — by David Mamet
    • NINE — by Yeston & Kopit
      * OC Register’s Best of 2002: Best Performances (Erika Amato), 2 OC Weekly Theater Award Nominations
    • SUMMER SHORTS—  Presented by New Voices Playwrights Theater
    • TRAIL OF TEARS — by Joseph Hullett
      * World Premiere
      * OC Register’s Best of 2002: Best Performances (Richard Comeau)
    • THE WORTHY MASTER OF THE LAW — by Mark Scrivener
      * World Premiere
    • MOLLY SWEENEY — by Brian Friel
      * OC Register’s Best of 2002: Best Performances (Jill Cary Martin)
      * OC Register’s Best of 2002: Best Performances (Tom Turnley)
      * Creson Theater Award: Best Actress (Jill Cary Martin)
    • BASH — by Neil LaBute

2001 Season

  • Main Series
    • THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE — by Gilbert & Sullivan
    • UNRELENTING RELAXATION — by Amanda DeMaio
      * OC Register Best of 2001: Top Ten Best Productions, OC Register Best of 2002: Best Directors (Amanda DeMaio), OC Weekly Theater Award: Best Ensemble, 1 OC Weekly Theater Award Nomination
    • FOR PETE’S SAKE — by J.R. Sussman
      * World Premiere, 1 OC Weekly Theater Award Nomination 
    • OUR TOWN — by Thornton Wilder
    • STEEL MAGNOLIAS — by Robert Harling
    • FACING EAST — by Andy Sarouhan
      * Orange County Premiere
    • THE ANGELINA PROJECT — by Frank Canino
      * World Premiere
      * OC Register’s Best of 2001: Best Performances (Sigalit Solitto)
    • DRAGONS IN NEW YORK — by Pattric Walker
      * World Premiere
    • PIPPIN— by Schwartz & Hirson
    • TRAVELING LIGHT— Presented by New Voices Playwrights Theatre
    • THERESE RAQUIN— by Emile Zola, translated by Neal Bell
      * 1 OC Weekly Theater Award Nomination
    • CONFIRMATION — by Joseph Hullett
      * World Premiere 
  • Holiday Series
    • LITTLE WOMEN— by Lisa Duvall
      * Orange County Premiere 

2000 Season

  • Main Series
    • THE STROOP REPORT — by Robert Preston Jones
      *World Premiere
    • THE STOP MY INSANITY TRILOGY — by Chris Secor
      * World Premiere
    • THE MIKADO — by Gilbert & Sullivan
    • NOBODY KNOWS I’M A DOG — by Alan David Perkins
      * West Coast Premiere
    • TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY — by Michael Brady
    • THE BEACH WITHOUT LEO — presented by The Chance Theater Company
      * Premieres and New Works
    • TEN LITTLE INDIANS — by Agatha Christie
    • SCREAM 4 — by Chris Ceballos and Eileen Dreger
      * World Premiere
    • HMS PINAFORE — by Gilbert & Sullivan
    • A COMPANY OF WAYWARD SAINTS — by George Herman
      * Orange County Premiere
    • X — by David LeMaster
      * World Premiere
    • WHERE MEN ARE EMPTY OVERCOATS — by Eric Pfeffinger
      * West Coast Premiere, 1 OC Weekly Theater Award Nomination
    • THE NON XMAS DECEMBER SHOW — presented by the Chance Theater Company
      * Premieres and New Works

1999 Season

  • Main Series
    • WASTED WISHES — by Marie Mastrangelo
      * World Premiere
    • WEDNESDAY NIGHT SAVE THE WORLD SOCIETY — by Dave Eisenstark and Fred Burke
      * World Premiere
    • MEMORIES ON THE WIND — by Kent Johnson
      * World Premiere
    • EPISODE II — by The Chance Theater Company
      * World Premiere
    • BUT I DON’T FEEL GROWN UP — by Chris Ceballos, Erika C. Miller, Jeff Hellebrand and Oanh Nguyen
      * World Premiere
    • THE DIARIES OF FRANKENSTEIN — by Brian Newell and Martin Williams
    • TO BE AND NOT TO BE… AND OTHER CONTRADICTIONS — presented by The Chance Theater Company
      * Premieres and New Works
    • WISH YOU WERE HERE! — by Joseph Hullett
      * World Premiere